US labor

[Stephen E Philion]

Doug, 
I agree with you about the need (evidently not being made in NY at the
moment vis the transit strike) for imaginative strategies. However, I have
one question, would the police use their resources then to stand at all
the subway stations and make sure people are paying their fares? I'm not
sure your strategy could necessarily succeed, though perhaps it could with
enough planning. Your thought on a labor march down Broadway is right on
and the more the merry...

Steve

Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Jordan Hayes wrote:
> 
> >  > why not let the public ride for free instead of collecting fares?
> >
> >I like this idea, but it's not really up to the station agents to
> >police the fare collection mechanism, is it?  Especially with those
> >damn MetroCards; cross referencing that with the GPS data collected
> >from that chip in my butt is really gonna get me in trouble one of
> >these days.
> 
> There are gates at every station, or almost every station, the clerks 
> could keep open. And the bus drivers could just let people walk on.
> 
> Doug
> 
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